his conspiracy theory about the coaches giving Osborne a going away gift cracks me up, because it operates under the assumption that the media operates in good faith.
In 1997, the Big Ten brand was the biggest in college football + Michigan was viewed as the crème brulee of that conference. Is that why the media named Michigan #1, despite Nebraska having better and more wins? I don't know, because I don't believe in conspiracy theories. Once you go down the route of conspiracy theories, your entire argument becomes invalid.